November/December 2015

QUESTION:
There has been much discussion about gender disparity and the wage gap between male and female workers. In fact, California’s governor recently signed a tough equal-pay law. But what does the staffing industry look like in terms of gender disparity?

Answer:
While Staffing Industry Analysts does not have research that looks directly at a potential wage disparity, […]

While humans have long used numbers to understand and influence behavior, the ability to access large amounts of complex data when making business decisions has expanded exponentially in recent years. There are five key areas where staffing firms and professional employer organizations (PEOs) can leverage big data — both to […]

It’s high times for the IT staffing business. Literally so, when viewed in the context of the industry’s long-term growth, which shows the market ramping up to reach a new record scale for the fourth consecutive year in 2015, by our estimates. Enterprise demand remains historically robust […]

Everyone’s talking about it – the human cloud. Proponents argue the human cloud will change the world of work by allowing companies to use online platforms, to get the best talent. Others are not so convinced.

But in spite of the proliferation of SOWs, this work arrangement is underutlilized.

I’ve enjoyed watching the rise of technology-driven managed service programs (MSPs). As a consumer who’s benefited from the transparency and choice our modern economy affords, the concept of reverse auctions often utilized by MSPs appeals to me. But if sellers of services can […]

Demand for workers with the right IT skills appears insatiable. The war for talent has made it especially hard to find and place these workers. What are some of the most in-demand IT skills? What are the hardest-to-find?

Here’s what we found when we took a look at the landscape and asked experts involved in recruiting […]

Parallon Workforce Solutions’ program to help speed nurse training and increase the supply of qualified nurses received the inaugural Innovation Award Sept. 30 at the annual Healthcare Staffing Summit in Las Vegas.

The program was one of three finalist programs presented by healthcare staffing providers during the […]

Here at Digital Intelligence Systems LLC (DISYS), we recently shifted our recruiting strategy. Whereas our recruiters had been regionally focused, we now follow a CORE model that has proven to be advantageous not only to clients utilizing our services, but to recruiters working within our organization.

As one of Canada’s largest staffing companies, we enjoy the benefits of having driven professionals sell and manage our services. But we also experience the flip side: our sales people are often selling to us and we find ourselves coaching them out of excuses and into results […]